by
Jennifer
S.
Altman/For
The
Washington
Post
via
Getty
Images)
If
you
are
forced
between
defrauding
your
clients
or
skimping
the
IRS
out
of
their
money,
pick
a
struggle!
Star
lawyer
Michael
Avenatti
made
the
foolish
choice
to
double
up
on
the
bad
decisions
and
was
sentenced
to
14
years
in
prison
back
in
2022.
Since
then
he’s
since
pushed
for
a
resentening
—
The
LA
Times
has
the
results:
Michael
Avenatti,
the
once-swaggering
celebrity
lawyer
who
represented
adult
film
star
Stormy
Daniels
in
her
court
battles
against
President
Trump,
was
resentenced
Thursday
to
11
years
in
prison
for
dodging
taxes
and
stealing
millions
of
dollars
from
clients.U.S.
District
Judge
James
V.
Selna
resentenced
Avenatti
to
135
months
—
slightly
more
than
11
years
—
but
credited
him
40
months
for
the
time
he
has
served
in
prison
for
stealing
nearly
$300,000
from
Daniels’
advance
on
a
book
contract.
That
brought
his
sentence
to
nearly
eight
years.
Knocking
several
years
off
of
your
sentence
is
far
from
walking
free,
but
it
is
still
second
best.
Avenatti
has
also
been
making
the
best
of
his
time
behind
bars
by
tutoring
inmates
and
being
a
suicide
watch
companion.
You
could
question
the
motivations
of
the
good
work
he’s
done
behind
bars
—
prosecutor
Brett
Sagel
accused
Avenatti
of
being
unrepentant
and
only
doing
things
that
benefit
him
—
but
you
cannot
question
the
the
work
itself.
That
goes
for
his
good
deeds
as
much
as
his
legal
ones:
Avenatti
and
his
legal
team
seem
to
have
a
couple
more
(potentially)
sentence
shortening
arguments
up
their
sleeves.
Former
Celebrity
Lawyer
Michael
Avenatti
Gets
Nearly
Eight
More
Years
In
Prison
At
Resentencing
[LA
Times]
Earlier:
Above
The
Law’s
2018
Lawyer
Of
The
Year
Sentenced
To
30
Months
While
Trump
Continues
To
Avoid
Jail
Time
For
His
Shenanigans,
Michael
Avenatti
Isn’t
As
Lucky
Chris
Williams
became
a
social
media
manager
and
assistant
editor
for
Above
the
Law
in
June
2021.
Prior
to
joining
the
staff,
he
moonlighted
as
a
minor
Memelord™
in
the
Facebook
group Law
School
Memes
for
Edgy
T14s
.
He
endured
Missouri
long
enough
to
graduate
from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
is
a
former
boatbuilder
who
is
learning
to
swim, is
interested
in
critical
race
theory,
philosophy,
and
humor,
and
has
a
love
for
cycling
that
occasionally
annoys
his
peers.
You
can
reach
him
by
email
at [email protected]
and
by
tweet
at @WritesForRent.